Judge to determine if Avery Myers, 16, will be tried as adult

Avery Myers, 16, was arrested and has been charged in the shooting of eight people in Bricktown in May. Click here to read more.

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Avery Myers, 16, was arrested and has been charged in the shooting of eight people in Bricktown in May. Click here to read more.

Several victims wounded in a shooting in Bricktown are testifying during a preliminary hearing for the suspect on Friday.

Avery Myers, 16, is charged with eight counts of shooting with intent to kill. The judge could decide whether or not Myers is tried as an adult.

Assistant District Attorney Jennifer Chance said the judge will hear testimony from at least five victims, including 22-year-old Norman Michael Richards II, who was critically injured in the shooting in May.

Richards said he saw a group of girls arguing before he was shot in the back while walking to his car in Bricktown.

He testified that he and his friend had just finished watching the Thunder-Lakers playoff game in Thunder Alley when they heard commotion near Bass Pro Shop.

"I saw some girls trippin' and I took a quick glance," Richards said in court. "I heard two gunshots and I took off running until I was shot in the back."

"My friend tried to help me up, but I collapsed," he added.

Richards said he didn't know what happened until one week later.

"I woke up in the hospital with my family surrounding me," he said. "I thought I had been in car accident."

A 14-year-old girl testified that she and her friends confronted three people who stole her cousin's cellphone before a man shot her and two friends.

The teenage girl told prosecutors a group of two men and a woman had stolen her cousin's phone.